I was in Okinawa and due to the time difference it was Sat the 23rd. The main body of the Battalion was in the Philippines and since it was a Sat there was no reveille. Sometime around 6 in the morning one of the guys was waking everyone relaying the current news and since we thought he was BSing we were reluctant to pay him much attention. Since he was very insistent we arose and huddled around a radio and couldn't believe what we were hearing. At the time the report was that Pres. Kennedy had been shot and it wasn't until about a half hour later that it was reported that he was dead. It was indeed a sad day no matter what anyone's thoughts on the man are or were so please do not turn this into a political discussion as that is not my intent, just memories.